Game control system

ABSTRACT

A system is disclosed for expediting and monitoring customer transactions in the game of keno including a plurality of transaction terminals or stations each including scanner means for sensing marked number spots of a customer marked keno ticket, a manually operable keyboard for receiving entries of the price of a transaction and the nature of the transaction and a duplicate receipt ticket providing means including printing means controlled by the scanner and the keyboard for rapidly providing a duplicate ticket with brush mark replicas in the same number spots as those of the customer marked ticket and for also imprinting additional information such as the nature and price of the transaction. Another aspect of the invention resides in the provision of a control and data processing system interconnecting the plurality of terminal stations to a central control for controlling and monitoring all of the transaction terminals and storing all transactions of all transaction terminals. An additional feature resides in the provision of a back printer for imprinting the back of a customer marked ticket with all information, such as the amount of the transaction and the nature of the transaction, imprinted on the receipt ticket.

[451 Jan. 22, 1974 United States Patent 91 Meyers et al.

[ 1 GAME CONTROL SYSTEM ABSTRACT A system is disclosed for expediting and monitoring customer transactions in the game of keno including a plurality of transaction terminals or stations each including scanner means for sensing marked number spots of a customer marked keno ticket, a manually Beach, Calif.

operable keyboard for receiving entries of the price of a transaction and the nature of the transaction and a duplicate receipt ticket providing means including printing means controlled by the scanner and the keyboard for rapidly providing a duplicate ticket with 22 Fi d; Nov. 1 1971 brush mark replicas in the same number spots as those of the customer marked ticket and for also imprinting Appl' 199,222 additionai information such as the nature and price of the transaction. Another aspect of the invention resides in the provision of a control and data processing system interconnecting the plurality of terminal stations to a central control for controlling and monitoring all of the transaction terminals and storing all transactions of all transaction terminals. An additional l01/93 C; 340/1725; 273/138 A [56] References Cited feature resides in the provision of a back printer for UNITED STATES PATENTS imprinting the back of a customer marked ticket with all information, such as the amount of the transaction g andthe nature of the transaction, imprinted on the re- Affel, Jr. et 235/619 R ce'pt Rawson et d n e w h c S 9002 6777 9999 llll l/l/ 9547 9 65 8447 m 5359 6 07 ,55 3333 31 Claims, 42 Drawing Figures Primary ExaminerDaryl W. Cook Attorney, Agent, or FirmNathaniel A. Humphries PATENTEB JAN 2 21974 sum 02 0F 24 PATENTED 3, 787. 660

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1. A keno transaction control system including at least one transaction terminal at which a customer presents a customer marked keno ticket having one or more marked spots, said transaction terminal including a customer marked ticket scanning means for scanning a customer marked ticket and providing spot signals indicative of the marks on said customer marked ticket, selective duplicate spot printing means connected to said scanning means responsive to said spot signals from said scanning means for printing spotS on a duplicate receipt ticket in the same spots of the duplicate ticket as the marked spots on the customer marked ticket.
 2. The invention of claim 1 wherein said transaction terminal includes a manual keyboard for providing keyboard output signals indicative of entries in the keyboard by an operator, said entries including the amount of a transaction and the type of transaction and said system additionally including selective printing means for imprinting the transaction amount and the type of transaction on said duplicate ticket in accordance with entries in said keyboard.
 3. The invention of claim 1 wherein said customer marked ticket scanning means includes photoelectric sensing means.
 4. The invention of claim 3 wherein there are a plurality of transaction terminals and additionally including data storage means connected to the keyboard at each transaction terminal for receiving and recording all transactions of each transaction terminal.
 5. The invention of claim 2 additionally including a back printer responsive to entries in said keyboard for imprinting the back of said customer marked ticket with the same information printed on said duplicate ticket by said selective printing means.
 6. The invention of claim 5 wherein said customer marked ticket scanning means includes photo-electric sensing means.
 7. The invention of claim 6 wherein there are a plurality of transaction terminals and additionally including data storage means connected to the keyboard at each transaction terminal for receiving and recording all transactions of each station.
 8. The invention of claim 2 wherein said spot printing means includes brush mark printing elements which print a replica of a brush mark on the selected spot spaces of the duplicate ticket.
 9. The invention of claim 8 wherein said customer marked ticket scanning means includes photo-electric sensing means.
 10. The invention of claim 9 additionally including a back printer responsive to entries in said keyboard for imprinting the back of said customer marked ticket with the same information printed on said duplicate ticket.
 11. The invention of claim 10 wherein there are a plurality of transaction terminals and additionally including data storage means connected to the keyboard at each transaction terminal for recording all transactions of each transaction terminal.
 12. The invention of claim 11 wherein said ticket scanning means includes photoelectric means.
 13. The invention of claim 12 wherein said keyboard includes a keyboard display which includes means responsive to said photoelectric scanning means porviding a visual indication of the number of marked spots on the customer marked ticket.
 14. The invention of claim 2 wherein there are a plurality of transaction terminals and additionally including a central control station connected to said transaction terminals and including control means for enabling or disabling operation of each transaction terminal.
 15. The invention of claim 14 additionally including a back printer responsive to entries in said keyboard for imprinting the back of said customer marked ticket with the same information printed on said duplicate ticket by said selective printing means.
 16. The invention of claim 14 wherein said spot printing means includes brush mark printing elements which print a replica of a brush mark on the selected spot spaces of the duplicate ticket.
 17. The invention of claim 16 including data storage means connected to all transaction terminals for receiving and storing all transactions of each transaction terminal.
 18. A ticket issuing and accounting system comprising a plurality of ticket issuing stations each connected to a single supervisory station; said supervisory station including means for selectively disabling the operation of any of said ticket issuing stations; said supervisory station including means for continuously generating and applying data to said ticket issuing stations; keyboard means at each Ticket issuing station for generating price data; sensing means at each ticket issuing station for sensing a customer-marked ticket to generate data relating to marks on said ticket; means at each ticket issuing station for imprinting on a ticket all data generated at said ticket issuing station and the data generated at said supervisory station; and means for transferring to said supervisory station all data imprinted on each ticket at each ticket-issuing station.
 19. A keno transaction control system including at least one transaction terminal at which a customer presents a customer marked keno ticket having one or more marked spots, said transaction terminal including a customer marked ticket scanning means for scanning a customer marked ticket and providing spot signals indicative of the marked spots on said customer marked ticket, selective duplicate spot printing means including a spot print cylinder having spot printing elements on its surface and connected to said scanning means responsive to said spot signals from said scanning means for printing spots on a duplicate receipt ticket in the same spots of the duplicate ticket as the marked spots on the customer marked ticket, a manual keyboard for providing keyboard output signals indicative of entries in the keyboard by an operator, said entries including the amount of a transaction and the type of transaction and selective printing means for imprinting the transaction amount and the type of transaction on said duplicate ticket in accordance with entries in said keyboard.
 20. The invention of claim 19 additionally including transport means for conveying an initially blank duplicate receipt ticket to and from said selective printing means and said spot printing means.
 21. The invention of claim 19 wherein said customer marked ticket scanning means includes photo-electric sensing means.
 22. The invention of claim 21 wherein there are a plurality of transaction terminals and additionally including data storage means connected to the keyboard at each transaction terminal for receiving and recording all transactions of each transaction terminal.
 23. The invention of claim 22 wherein each transaction terminal additionally includes a back printer responsive to entries in the keyboard for imprinting the back of said customer marked ticket with the same information printed on said duplicate ticket by the selective printing means.
 24. The invention of claim 20 wherein there are a plurality of transaction terminals and additionally including data storage means connected to the keyboard at each transaction terminal for receiving and recording all transactions of each transaction terminal.
 25. The invention of claim 24 wherein each transaction terminal additionally includes a back printer responsive to entries in the keyboard for imprinting the back of said customer marked ticket with the same information printed on said duplicate ticket by the selective printing means.
 26. The invention of claim 19 wherein said spot printing elements comprise brush mark printing elements which print a replica of a brush mark on the selected spot spaces of the duplicate ticket.
 27. The invention of claim 26 additionally including transport means for conveying an initially blank duplicate receipt ticket to and from said selective printing means and said spot printing means.
 28. The invention of claim 27 additionally including a back printer responsive to entries in said keyboard for imprinting the back of said customer marked ticket with the same information printed on said duplicate ticket.
 29. The invention of claim 28 wherein there are a plurality of transaction terminals and additionally including data storage means connected to the keyboard at each transaction terminal for recording all transactions of each transaction terminal.
 30. The invention of claim 29 wherein said ticket scanning means includes photo-electric means.
 31. The invention of claim 30 wherein said keyboard includes A keyboard display which includes means responsive to said photo-electric scanning means providing a visual indication of the number of marked spots on the customer marked ticket. 